Meet Mono! Mono (named after the word “monotreme,” meaning egg-laying mammal) is a short-beaked echidna. She arrived from Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and has now completed her settling-in period. Mono is on display in her new enclosure, which is next to the kangaroo and emu paddock. In case you are wondering why Mono has two colourful pegs on her spines, these are identification tags. Now that she is in her new home at Rockhampton Zoo, we don't need to keep these identification tags on her and

The platypus is making a comeback in Sydney’s Royal National Park! 👀 Platypus had become locally extinct due to the threat of bushfires, deforestation, predation, pollution and drought. WWF-Australia, UNSW, Taronga Zoo Sydney, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service have embarked on a three-year project to restore and rewild Australia’s favourite water-dwelling monotreme. Are you excited as we are for their return? 🥳 | WWF-Australia